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United Parcel Service, taking dead aim at the U.S. air express market, announced Wednesday that it h

A little-known provision in last year's appropriations bill has the U.S. Department of Labor scourin

839 (September 9, 1998) Previous day - 833The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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The New York foreign exchange rates below are selling rates among trading banks of $1 million and mo

The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in London and New York, include the f

Sergey Kiriyenko was incorrectly identified in a photo on Page 1A of Tuesday's editions. He is the f

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 24, 1997 - Sept. 9, 1998 (a graph)*

House Republican leaders stepped up criticism Wednesday of the International Monetary Fund and its h

Thailand's market watch dog, the Securities Exchange Commission, is adopting a get-tough strategy to

International Business Machines Corp. announced Wednesday it has built the world's smallest hard dis

LucasVarity PLC, the U.S.-British automotive components manufacturer, said Wednesday it was moving i

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. added its name as the latest U.S. securities firm to report that trading lo

Peter L. Woicke was appointed executive vice president of the International Finance Corp. Wednesday,

A sharp divergence is emerging among Southeast Asian countries on whether to impose controls to halt

Republicans hope to get a boost from the bad farm economy in their bid to give the president expedit

Influenced by large strides in science and technology and the lowering of trade barriers, the world

'It would be worse if the markets are right and the world is going down the drain. But this phenomen

Falling world carpet prices have prompted Iran to drop state programs to boost the production of Per

Alarmed that cheap plastic bags leach toxic chemicals into food, clog drains and kill animals, a law

Warm, dry weather during the week ending Sept. 7 allowed for rapid harvest progress in Canada's Mani

Chinese computer giant Legend Holdings Ltd. is joining forces with software superpower Microsoft Cor

Long Yongtu, China's vice minister of foreign trade and economic development, said China will never

McDonald's Co. (Japan) said it will launch four additional half-price sales this year, following goo

China said Tuesday that industrial output rose 7.8 percent in the first eight months of 1998, and an

Taiwanese firm Wus Printed Circuit said it bought two Motorola Inc. plants in Singapore in a $39 mil

General Motors Corp. and Isuzu Motors Ltd. plan to build diesel engines for light trucks at a new $3

Falling insurance rates and difficulty in finding new business concern Lloyd's of London Chairman Ma

The chief of the global environment watchdog agency has called for concerted action to curb the ille

Paymentech and Visa U.S.A. announced the launch of a payment card acceptance program for First Ameri

The following tradeleads appear exclusively in print in The Journal of Commerce. The leads are curre

State Treasurer and Insurance Commissioner Bill Nelson has charged American Fidelity Life Insurance

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. plans to reduce its non-sales-related work force by approximately 10

More than 37,500 North Carolina residents have filed $256 million in claims to pay for damage to hom

UNUM Life Insurance Co. of America has been named by Working Mother magazine as one of the ''100 Bes

Insurance industry net income sank in the first half of the year thanks to a boost in catastrophe lo

MOODY'S INVESTORS SERVICELaura F. Bazer was promoted to vice president/senior credit officer

Members of the Trans-Atlantic Conference Agreement, under the twin pressures of impending deregulati

Rocked by the fallout from ailing economies in Asia and Russia, Brazil on Tuesday unveiled an ambiti

The New York foreign exchange rates below are selling rates among trading banks of $1 million and mo